Funders Perspective

In this perspective we ask ‘to achieve our vision, how should we appear to our funders?’. Obviously being a peer organisation, a key stakeholder in this group is likely to be the NDIA. The NDIA offers a range of grant opportunities to peer organisations, including under the ILC (Information, Linkages and Capacity Building) area. But the NDIA isn’t the only possible funder, and it is likely not the only possible source of financial support for a peer program. It may be possible to gain support from a local council, small grant schemes, state government grants and programs, private and philanthropic funds, community groups and even from individual donors. While we will of course consider what the NDIA may want from your peer programs, we should also consider what other funders such as these may value:

• Lions Club may offer an annual donation: they may want speakers available for their events;
• Private donors may want a way of publicly showing their support and/or knowledge of the benefits their donation can bring at the coalface;
• State Government programs may want evidence on savings that your peer program may bring to their Health budget; and,
• Local Councils may want evidence on the ways in which your peer program raise community awareness.

The NDIA have very clear ILC outcomes they want to see from any programs they will fund. The NDIA are clear about the goals for ILC investments.